Mayor Dana Ralph of Kent, Washington (left) and Trang Le, a volunteer with both SmartAID and Restart Partners, celebrate the delivery of one million masks for children in Washington State by handing the first box of masks to a local boy. The one million masks are being donated by FLTR, Inc. to child care and youth programs throughout Washington State as part of the Millions of Masks for Children Initiative, a growing nationwide effort to help protect millions of children from COVID-19. FLTR, SmartAID, DHL, SEKO Logistics and other organizations are working together to deliver these masks.

The Millions of Masks for Children Initiative is donating one million masks to kids in Washington State to help slow spread of #COVIDー19 thanks to the efforts of Restart Partners co-founder and volunteer Trang Le, FLTR, Inc., SMARTAID, DHL Express, SEKO Logistics, City of Kent, Washington and many other organizations. https://prn.to/3ogru3R

More than 5,400 child care and youth programs throughout Washington State will receive these masks as part of this growing nationwide effort to help protect millions of children from #COVID19. The masks will be delivered to Child Care Aware of Washington, School’s Out Washington (including Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA), Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, Head Start Program, and the Kent Community Foundation. In addition, masks will be delivered to children in migrant, refugee and tribal communities via the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, and the Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees.

You can learn more about how you can get involved in helping support Millions of Masks for Children at www.fltr.com/giving-back. Join us in helping to protect children from COVID-19!

You can also see an interview of Trang Le with King 5 here.

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